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*Think 25* ? how annoying

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  • Gigervamp
    Gigervamp Posts: 6,583 Forumite
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    diable wrote: »
    Boycott buying alcohol in supermarkets and use your local off licence, that'll learn them ;o))

    Unfortunately, our local offie disappeared about 4 or 5 years ago.

    Still, we can now buy booze in the 24 hour petrol station.
  • kr15snw
    kr15snw Posts: 2,264 Forumite
    I get the whole 'you look under 25 so ill ask you' thing. I don't get the 'you have kids with you' thing though.

    O.k so possibly if someone (blatantly over 25) was buying JUST a crate of beer and had a 15 - 17 year old with them you get a bit questiony. But with a 13 year old? Really?

    So can no one over 10 go shopping with their parents now?

    When I was 14/15 my brother (10 years older than me) used to take me to stock up on beer as I was better at maths than him and could work out the cheapest deal. This was 10 years ago, so it's a good thing they didnt stop us then! Lol
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  • I'm 34 and refuse to carry ID round with me although I do get asked for it quite regular!!! If they won't serve me,and this is normally supermarkets whilst doing my full weeks shop for our family of 5 then they lose my money lol

    The most annoying was the other week I went to get some cigs from the local shop ,the same shop I go in maybe 3 times a week to get them! Just as I got to the till my 15yr old dd walked over and said 'Mum will you get me this please'...it was a bottle of water..yep sure

    The lady behind the counter that serves me week in week out says ' are the cigs for you' yep I say...Oh so they aren't for her? Does she have ID?? No she's my daughter ,she's not trying to buy anything and I certainly wouldn't be buying them for her and anyway you serve me all the time.

    So with that she says well you can have them this time but in future I suggest you don't bring your daughter in with you or I won't serve you!!!

    I actually laughed and said i was sorry that I had brought my daughter out and into her shop and walked out!!!!
  • polejunkie
    polejunkie Posts: 177 Forumite
    I doubt it's that far though.

    I may not be your cup of tea but I am far from a chav. Basing assumptions on what someone has in their shopping trolley? Talk about judging a book by its cover.
  • j.e.j.
    j.e.j. Posts: 9,672 Forumite
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    don't feed the troll, polejunkie ;)
  • penguin83
    penguin83 Posts: 4,817 Forumite
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    I used to get served in the Sainsburys by me when I was 16/17 no problem. Now that I am 27 I get ID'd every time. I like to think it is because I am getting more youthful every day rather than stores clamping down on selling alcohol...! xx
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  • I think it is time for a makeover for me then. I must look truly old and hagard as not been asked for id in years :beer:
  • Dontknowanymore
    Dontknowanymore Posts: 5,522 Forumite
    I will be 27 in 2 months time and still get ID'd for fags, booze and the lottery! I must look really young because the shock some people have when they see my date of birth.
    I also got refused alcohol in ASDA once, despite having my ID, because I was with my teenage cousin.
  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,599 Forumite
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    My favourite time being asked for ID was recently with OH in the local Co-op - he was asked for ID and didn't have any, so they refused to sell him a bottle of wine, and I had to buy it for him (and show my ID - I'm 31).

    He's 48 :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

    Don't think I've ever laughed so much :D :rotfl: :rotfl:
  • Doom_and_Gloom
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    kr15snw wrote: »
    O.k so possibly if someone (blatantly over 25) was buying JUST a crate of beer and had a 15 - 17 year old with them you get a bit questiony. But with a 13 year old? Really?
    To be fair when I was 13 my parents bought drink for me and for my friends (that were allowed) when I had parties. I picked what I wanted when we got to that part of the shop and it was very obvious they were buying it for me. We did however also buy food - a lot of it being obvious party food lol. I'm now 22 and I doubt any shop would let such obvious actions happen now. Stupid really as it isn't illegal to drink under 18 it is just illegal to buy it under 18 or to sell it to under 18's.

    I do remember when I was 17 me and my flatmates (all of them were 20) went to a shop to get food and drink. Only one person got ID'd and it wasn't me :rotfl:.
    On the other side after I turned 18 there was a certain shop I would go in on my own or with a friend and always get a security gaurd hang around me when I got to the drink. They wouldn't stop hanging around me until I went through the checkout and show my ID to the cashier :mad:.
    I've never been asked for ID in a pub or club. I even got served when I was 15 :o.

    OP it is stupid. Growing up I always went shopping with my ma. She would buy beers/whiskey/port etc and it was never a problem. The law does not stop families shopping together if you intend on buying alcohol.
    I am a vegan woman. My OH is a lovely omni guy :D
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